---
name: "Adam Kennedy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-kennedy"
fi1m_id: "adam-kennedy"
imdb_id: "nm0447891"
tmdb_id: 1234544
wikidata_id: "Q4679331"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 March 1922"
died: "16 October 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:13:07.777233+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Adam Kennedy

## Identity

Adam Kennedy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-kennedy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-kennedy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0447891
- **TMDB ID:** 1234544
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4679331
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kennedy_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4679331, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234544

Writer. Born 10 March 1922 in Otterbein, Indiana, USA. Died 16 October 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 March 1922, Otterbein, Indiana, USA
- **Died:** 16 October 1997
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kennedy_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4679331, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447891/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234544

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Raise the Titanic*](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md) (36)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adam Kennedy was an American actor and screenwriter. Born on 10 March 1922 in Otterbein, Indiana, he graduated from DePauw University and studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York under Sanford Meisner. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War.

Kennedy appeared in films including *Men in War* (1957) and *The Tall Stranger* (1957), and on television in series such as *Gunsmoke*, *The Californians* and *The Doctors*. He later wrote screenplays for *The Domino Principle* (1977), which he adapted from his own novel, *The Dove* (1974) and *Raise the Titanic* (1980). He also published twenty novels and exhibited his paintings in the United States and Europe. Kennedy died on 16 October 1997 in Kent, Connecticut.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Fi1m 36, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Writer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)
- *The Domino Principle* (1977), Novel, Screenplay
- *The Dove* (1974), Screenplay
- *The Tall Stranger* (1957), as Red
- *Until They Sail* (1957), as Andy, Delia's Lover
- *The Californians* (1957), series, as Dion Patrick
- *Men in War* (1957), as Pvt. Maslow
- *Bailout at 43,000* (1957), as Lieutenant Ed Simmons
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Adam Dempster
- *Crossroads* (1955), series, Actor
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Andy Travis, Bert
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Charlie King, George, Johnnie, Steve Elliot

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay 1981: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay (nominated), for *Raise the Titanic*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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